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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Cawood Sword
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Inscription to Hecules
- St Crux's Church
- The Black Death
- Bootham School
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Female Prison
- York Central Library
- The End of the Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Observatory